Archie Battersbee’s family join bereaved parents to sue TikTok after children’s deaths Hollie Dance said she is in ‘constant fight mode’ as she seeks answers over her son’s death.
The Social Media Victims Law Centre (SMVLC), a US-based legal resource for parents of children harmed by social media use, said it had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the video-sharing platform and its parent firm, ByteDance, in the US state of Delaware.
Jools’s mother, Ellen Roome, 48, a businesswoman from Cheltenham, said the families hope to force a response from tech firms on the issue, and that she “just wants answers” about her son’s death.
Archie Battersbee’s mother has said she remains trapped in a “living hell” as she and three other families sue TikTok over videos they claim are linked to their children’s deaths.
Matthew P Bergman, founding lawyer of the SMVCL, and who represents the families, said: “TikTok’s algorithm purposely targeted these children with dangerous content to increase their engagement time on the platform and drive revenue.
